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pasture

noun
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈpæstʃər/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on牧场；牧草地
    • an area of permanent/rough/rich pasture一片永久的／高低不平的／富饶的牧场
    • high mountain pastures高山牧场
    • The cattle were put out to pasture.牛群放牧在牧场草地上。🔊🔊
    • We drove through mile after mile of land cleared for pasture.一英里的土地开垦后，我们驶过了一英里。
    • By the time we got the cows back into the pasture, it was dark.当我们把母牛放回牧场时，天已经黑了。
    Topics Farmingc2
  2. pastures
     [plural] the circumstances of your life, work, etc.生活状况；工作条件；个人发展的机遇
    • I felt we were off to greener pastures (= a better way of life).我觉得我们在迈向更好的生活。🔊🔊
    • (British English) She decided it was time to move on to pastures new (= a new job, place to live, etc.).她认定做出改变的时候到了。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura ‘grazing’, from past- ‘grazed’, from the verb pascere.

pasture

verb
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈpæstʃər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pasture
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈpæstʃər/
he / she / it pastures
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəz/
🔊/ˈpæstʃərz/
past simple pastured
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəd/
🔊/ˈpæstʃərd/
past participle pastured
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəd/
🔊/ˈpæstʃərd/
-ing form pasturing
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpæstʃərɪŋ/
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  1. to put animals in a field to feed on grass放牧
    • pasture something The villagers relied on the commons for pasturing their sheep.村民们依靠公地放牧绵羊。
    • be pastured on something The cattle were pastured on rich meadow grass.牛被放牧在肥沃的草地上。
    Topics Farmingc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin pastura ‘grazing’, from past- ‘grazed’, from the verb pascere.